bzmore

TLDR

View compressed file

$ bzmore [file.txt.bz2]

bzmore is a filter for viewing bzip2-compressed files page by page using the more pager. It decompresses files and displays them with basic paging functionality.
The tool is similar to bzless but uses the simpler more pager.

FEATURES

- Page-by-page viewing
- Basic search
- Original file preserved
- Multiple file support

KEYBINDINGS

- Space - Next page
- /pattern - Search
- q - Quit
- h - Help

WORKFLOW

$ # View compressed file
bzmore logfile.bz2

# View multiple files
bzmore *.bz2

CAVEATS

Less feature-rich than bzless. No backward navigation. Limited search capabilities. Consider using bzless instead for better functionality.

HISTORY

bzmore has been part of bzip2 utilities since 1996, modeled after zmore.